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A global coalition of employees of the Microsoft Corporation is demanding that a contract for work with the U.S. Army be dropped. Some employees —I don’t know the percentage—have sent an open letter to both the CEO and the president/chief legal officer of Microsoft stating alarm that “Microsoft is working to provide weapons technology to... Read More

The many blog and information sites on the internet are attractive to many habitues precisely because they sometimes seems to be the last bastions for free expression. But free expression does not necessarily guarantee civility. Anyone who peruses comments on many of the major websites can confirm that there is considerable garbage mixed in with... Read More

When Ron Paul finishes with the Federal Reserve, I hope he does something about Bill Gates. I just bought a new Toshiba netbook for reasons best described as conspicuous consumption as I absolutely do not need it. It comes with Windows 7 preinstalled as the operating system. But it is a milquetoast 7 version called... Read More